流 liú
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 㐬 pennant
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
流浪
liúlàng
to wander; to roam; to be homeless
Characters in this word
浪 làng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 良 good, virtuous, respectable
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 那只流浪猫每天傍晚都会来院子里等人喂它。 Nà zhī liúlàng māo měitiān bàngwǎn dōu huì lái yuànzi lǐ děng rén wèi tā. That stray cat comes into the yard every evening and waits for someone to feed it.
- 他年轻时一个人在各个城市流浪，靠打零工过日子。 Tā niánqīng shí yí gè rén zài gè gè chéngshì liúlàng, kào dǎ línggōng guò rìzi. When he was young he wandered from city to city alone, getting by on odd jobs.
- 这首歌讲的是一个流浪的歌手，想回家却没有钱买车票。 Zhè shǒu gē jiǎng de shì yí gè liúlàng de gēshǒu, xiǎng huí jiā què méiyǒu qián mǎi chēpiào. This song is about a wandering singer who wants to go home but has no money for a ticket.
Related words
- 流 liú to flow
- 流利 liúlì fluent
- 流行 liúxíng popular; fashionable
- 交流 jiāoliú to communicate; to exchange
- 潮流 cháoliú trend
- 流传 liúchuán to spread; to pass down
- 流动 liúdòng to flow; to move around
- 流通 liútōng to circulate
- 一流 yīliú first-class
- 流程 liúchéng process, flow
- 流量 liúliàng traffic, internet data, flow rate
- 流入 liúrù to flow into